Asparagus shortage in South Africa
South Africa has exported less from its traditional asparagus suppliers and there is a shortage of asparagus.
On the Johannesburg municipal market's website an extremely low level of asparagus is reported, today sold (in 200g punnets) at R140 (6.8 euros) per kilogram.
The traditional asparagus import season runs from the beginning of March until the end of August, almost
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